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Herding Cats: Leading IT Professionals
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Herding Cats: Leading IT Professionals Introduction
Welcome to ‘Herding Cats: Leading IT Professionals,’ a comprehensive exploration of the art and science of effective IT leadership. In this course, we delve deep into the intricacies of IT leadership, encompassing transformational leadership, leadership development, and IT-specific leadership strategies. In today’s rapidly evolving landscape, leading IT professionals demands a distinct skill set and adaptable strategies.
Whether you are a current IT leader seeking to enhance your capabilities or a future IT manager aspiring to make a significant impact within organizations, this course has been meticulously crafted to meet your needs.
Leadership within the technology industry is a unique journey, marked by distinctive challenges, the management of highly skilled and independent professionals, and the perpetual evolution of the technology landscape.
Throughout this course, you will gain access to invaluable tools and insights that will empower you to thrive in the realm of technology leadership while also offering opportunities for personal growth and leadership development.
We invite you to embark on this enlightening journey with an open mind and a genuine desire to expand your knowledge, as we unravel the essential keys to success in this ever-changing and dynamic field.
Prerequisite
- An open mind and a willingness to learn.
Audience
- Current or future IT Leaders and managers.
Herding Cats: Leading IT Professionals Outline
The Essence of Leadership
- Why is good leadership so elusive: The 10 : 20 : 70 Rule
- Down to the essence: The 3 Dimensions of a super-leader
Transformational Leadership: Vision to Make Things Happen
- Organizational Transformation: Keys to building agile organizations
- Individual Transformation: The art of transforming lives that transform organizations
- Revolutionary vs Evolutionary transformation: Which approach for which purpose?
- 10 Characteristics of the best transformational leaders
Transactional Leadership: Focus to Get Things Done
- Managing projects: Outcome over Output
- Managing people: Purpose over Process
- 10 Characteristics of the best transactional leaders
Relational Leadership: The Business of People
- Internal relationships: How to develop leadership character
- External relationships: How to build 360-degree power networks
- Directional relationships: How to build super teams
- 10 Characteristics of the best relational leaders
Technology Leadership: The Differences
- The landscape: Walking on water: Ever changing and fluid
- The people: Herding cats; smart, wild and untamed
- The challenges: Complex and countless
- 10 Characteristics of the best technology leaders
- 10 Golden rules of technology leadership
Higher Order Leadership: Leader of Leaders
- Leader of leaders: The Art of managing other leaders
- Leadership selection: Why 82% of organizations get it wrong
- Leadership development: It’s not a set it and forget it discipline
- Leadership problems: What happens when good leaders go bad.
- Leadership chains: Avoiding contagious leadership
Outline
Module 1 – The Essence of Leadership
- Why is good leadership so elusive: The 10 : 20 : 70 Rule
- Down to the essence: The 3 Dimensions of a super-leader
Module 2 – Transformational Leadership: Vision to Make Things Happen
- Organizational Transformation: Keys to building agile organizations
- Individual Transformation: The art of transforming lives that transform organizations
- Revolutionary vs Evolutionary transformation: Which approach for which purpose?
- 10 Characteristics of the best transformational leaders
Module 3 – Transactional Leadership: Focus to Get Things Done
- Managing projects: Outcome over Output
- Managing people: Purpose over Process
- 10 Characteristics of the best transactional leaders
Module 4 – Relational Leadership: The Business of People
- Internal relationships: How to develop leadership character
- External relationships: How to build 360-degree power networks
- Directional relationships: How to build super teams
- 10 Characteristics of the best relational leaders
Module 5 – Technology Leadership: The Differences
- The landscape: Walking on water: Ever changing and fluid
- The people: Herding cats; smart, wild and untamed
- The challenges: Complex and countless
- 10 Characteristics of the best technology leaders
- 10 Golden rules of technology leadership
Module 6 – Higher Order Leadership: Leader of Leaders
- Leader of leaders: The Art of managing other leaders
- Leadership selection: Why 82% of organizations get it wrong
- Leadership development: It’s not a set it and forget it discipline
- Leadership problems: What happens when good leaders go bad.
- Leadership chains: Avoiding contagious leadership
PreRequisites
An open mind and a willingness to learn.
Audience
Current or future IT Leaders and managers.
$580.00
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